Kelly Christopher Luttrell

     I woke up to a nice, shiny and  glistening world right outside my front window this morning. As I made the coffee and began caffeinating, inspiring and motivating myself I watched the morning news (and tried to not get too pissed off at the world in the process). After the first pot of coffee had been consumed, I felt as though it was time to wander out and see what came my way. I bundled up with many layers, grabbed my trusty digi-cam and my mp3 player and headed out into the world....
  
      Immediately, I discovered it was raining out...which, for me is not a deterrent in the slightest, I usually don't mind the rain one bit. As a matter of fact, I find I throw myself into it quite often. Rainy weather makes for great pictures in my book. I also love empty spaces, where I can wander around, explore and do as I please without anyone asking any questions and what not. For me, there is a certain freedom in being the only person in sight. I'm kind of a loner in that regard I guess. I really enjoy nasty weather (more than most probably) because of that fact.

     As I made my way around town, everything was beautiful. Fresh with rain, the city was crisp and clean. It was still early enough to be quiet. There were not too many people driving on the streets, and I was the only person walking around. I get into my own world alot when walking around taking pictures. I always have my mp3 up full blast, injecting some amazing, sweet jams like Wolfmother's "The joker and the thief", or Rocco Deluca's "Any man" directly into my brain. If you see me, and you honk, or try to get my attention, I probably didn't hear you, I wasn't being rude. I promise. I like you, I really do....you're ok in my book.

     One of the first things I felt justified a picture was the old American Legion on Oak St. between the railroad tracks. I have always thought this was a really cool building in a pretty crazy spot....it's like when the railroad companies came through to run some tracks, the American Legion people said "Fuck you. go around us."...and then the railroad company did.

That's probably not really how it went down, but thats how it happened in my head, and thats all there is to it.

  

    
     I gotta tell ya, walking around these days taking pictures around town feels really good. As I was wandering today, in the rain, I couldn't have been happier. The new opportunity I have recently been given with Wyandotte.Patch.com has been great and is very much appreciated. It's nice to have an outlet that people have access to. It's enough to make a guy smile, even while walking around taking picture in the pouring rain.